Bob Barr files suit to get McCain & Obama off Texas Ballot

"“Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr has filed suit that would keep voters from seeing the names Barack Obama and John McCain on their voting machines, saying they failed to follow the Texas law to get their names placed on the ballot,” reports the Dallas Morning...

ACLU wants prisons to become polling places

"There are few radical left-wing organizations more obnoxious than the American Civil Liberties Union. That’s because the ACLU doesn’t just pack a tie-dyed Volkswagen full of leftover San Fransisco hippies and drive to your area to protest, they pack a private jet full...

Canada's PM to kick off election

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said that he will dissolve Parliament on Sunday, which will start an election process that he probably hopes will strengthen his minority government."Harper's...

Nader, Barr, and McKinney sharing workers to get on State Ballots.

Third Party and independent candidates will have a major role in Novemebers election.Synopsis by Albert N. MillironThis story should give one an indication of how unhappy the electorate is with the two party...

Bolivia recall referenda: President Morales emerges as great winner (updated II)

UPDATES: Official preliminary statements show President Evo Morales win. In his victory speech, President Morales stated that today electoral victory allows him to carry on with his nationalization drive and...

Iraq delays provincial polls

Iraq postponed their provincial elections that were due to be in October, today, after the MPs failed to agree to the necessary legislation in time. This was a blow to the US as they had backed efforts to reconcile the country."Iraq was due to go to the polls on October 1 but...

Strike ballot over fat fireman

After a firefighter in the UK was fired because he is obese, his fellow firefighters in Northeast Scotland are voting today on whether to go on strike over the sacking."Firefighters have agreed to ballot for strike action over the sacking of a colleague who management decided...

Davis D-Day as voters go to polls

The election in Haltemprice and Howden is taing place today after Tory MP resigned his seat there over the 42-day detention policy. Davis resigned in order to run again, staking his reelection on the 42-day...

Mongolia opposition demands partial vote recount

Following temporary unrest in the country's capital after a disputed election result, Mongolia's opposition leader is demanding a recount."Mongolia's opposition leader demanded on Friday a vote recount in 12 areas, in a challenge to preliminary election results that showed...

New drive to ban race preferences

Backlash can be hell. "Tensions are running high in the latest affirmative-action battlegrounds. In Arizona, Nebraska, and Colorado, supporters of ballot initiatives that would ban "preferential treatment" are counting up petition signatures – and opponents are...

Canadians prefer Obama over own leaders: poll

Canadians would vote Obama over our own national leaders, according to a new poll. Is this a vote of confidence for Obama, or a vote of frustration with the current political climate in Canada? Probably both I...

Tsvangirai rejects 'sham' ballot

Morgan Tsvangirai has described Zimbabwe's election run-off as "an excercise in mass intimidation". "Mr Tsvangirai, who boycotted the poll because of violence, said people across Zimbabwe had been forced to take...

Coercion Reported as Zimbabwe Runoff Begins

Update:  Reports are coming in of forced voting: "In Kambuzuma, a Harare suburb, only five people had voted by 9 a.m., and polling officers were left to pass the time chatting. “I don’t see the logic of...

Mugabe can be halted: Precision assault would work

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIf it is true Non African countries are afraid of interferring in eradicating Mugabe for fear of being called Racist, is a new one on me?  I never knew Non African...

Summer strikes for unions

800,000 public sector workers, including school dinner ladies and council trash collectors, are going to stage a strike in the UK next month. The union, Unison, is just one of many that are threatening to stage a "summer of discontent" of strikes over the skyrocketing cost of...

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